This paper analyzes innovative activity in North America and European Union (EU) countries by means of the number of patents granted from 1965 to 2005. Making use of the database released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), we search for presence of a structural change patent...

This paper analyzes science and technology policy in Latino America. Making use of panel data methods, we test for successful science and technology policy, and supporting innovation practices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. There are three paradigms that explain science and technology...